CHAPTER I - PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
8.- (2) Every person who is charged with a criminal offence -
and except with his own consent the trial shall not take place in his absence unless he so conducts himself as to render the continuance of the proceedings in his presence impracticable and the court has ordered him to be removed and the trial to proceed in his absence :
Provided that, in such circumstances as may be prescribed by law, the trial may take place in the absence of the person charged so long as no punishment of death or imprisonment (other than imprisonment in default of payment of a fine) is awarded in the event of his conviction.
Trials in absentia
Rights during trial - present at trial
Disruption of trial - removal of the accused
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